1 00:00:00,150 --> 00:00:04,960 - For most gamers, the XBox wireless headset is more than enough. It sounds pretty good. 2 00:00:04,960 --> 00:00:08,280 And the microphone quality is surprisingly good considering 3 00:00:08,280 --> 00:00:13,360 that it's only about a hundred dollars. But what if you're a premium gamer? 4 00:00:13,360 --> 00:00:18,052 Well, for you, we've got the Bang and Olufsen Portal. 5 00:00:18,052 --> 00:00:21,230 This my friends... Oh, hold on let's not open it too early. 6 00:00:21,230 --> 00:00:28,070 I don't want to get ahead of ourselves here. This is a wireless gaming, headphone, not a headset. 7 00:00:28,070 --> 00:00:33,540 Which doesn't mean of course, that it doesn't have a microphone. It boasts, crystal clear communication 8 00:00:33,540 --> 00:00:38,540 with its virtual boom ARM. What is a virtual boom ARM? 9 00:00:38,600 --> 00:00:42,680 And boasts an immersive soundscape and lasting comfort. 10 00:00:42,680 --> 00:00:48,330 And I have no reason to disbelieve them because Bang and Olufsen has a (coughs) 11 00:00:48,330 --> 00:00:51,860 so to say, been around, if you know what I mean. 12 00:00:51,860 --> 00:00:57,820 They're an almost a hundred year old company. Ooh. I do like the design that does look a little 13 00:00:57,820 --> 00:01:00,840 more premium than the X-Box... 14 00:01:00,840 --> 00:01:05,840 It weighs like nothing, that is both good, 15 00:01:06,230 --> 00:01:09,990 and also a little disconcerting. I mean, Brandon, when you pick 16 00:01:09,990 --> 00:01:14,006 up like a premium pair of headphones you expect it to kind of have some heft to it, right? 17 00:01:14,006 --> 00:01:18,820 - [Brandon] Yeah. - There's no heft. It's like a, it's more in line 18 00:01:18,820 --> 00:01:22,040 just like a Bose QuietComfort, like a travel headphone 19 00:01:22,040 --> 00:01:25,760 than something that I would expect to be like an everyday sit and wear this thing 20 00:01:25,760 --> 00:01:29,991 for six hours at a time while I'm vegetating in front of my television. 21 00:01:29,991 --> 00:01:34,991 282 grams, you say, and this must be vegan leather, 22 00:01:35,410 --> 00:01:40,780 or something. - [Brandon] Yeah, Vegan leather. - [Jono] No, it's a lamb skin. 23 00:01:40,780 --> 00:01:44,658 Lamb skin leather, and then this is veal skin? 24 00:01:44,658 --> 00:01:48,016 - [Jono] No, calf's skin. Calf's skin, that's the same thing, isn't it? 25 00:01:48,016 --> 00:01:52,110 - [Brandon] That's so much worse. I mean, veal just means baby cow, and calf means baby cow. 26 00:01:52,110 --> 00:01:56,010 So I'm calling it veal skin. You've got a USB type C charging cable. 27 00:01:56,010 --> 00:02:01,580 This is a wireless headset (cough), excuse me, headphone, for microphone. And then you've also got a 28 00:02:01,580 --> 00:02:05,840 three and a half millimeter adapter. If your still own any ancient technology that still connects 29 00:02:05,840 --> 00:02:09,450 with one of those, like my phone. Oh, now I feel like we have to go right back 30 00:02:09,450 --> 00:02:13,320 to materials choice now because I got to put this thing on and see how it feels, at least. 31 00:02:13,320 --> 00:02:19,290 Like, the reason I said that I thought it was vegan leather was cause it feels a little like crisp, 32 00:02:19,290 --> 00:02:23,570 but I think a lot of that is to do with how kind of stiff the memory foam is. 33 00:02:23,570 --> 00:02:28,300 I don't mean stiff in a bad way. I mean that it rebounds really quickly. 34 00:02:28,300 --> 00:02:31,610 Okay, it's an over the ear cup design. 35 00:02:31,610 --> 00:02:36,250 So I have kind of, I'd say medium sized ears, and they fit reasonably comfortably, 36 00:02:36,250 --> 00:02:42,900 but it does press my earrings into my neck a little bit. So if you wear earrings, then it might be a factor for you, 37 00:02:42,900 --> 00:02:47,170 but not if you just wear studs. And I'd say, I would describe this as an above 38 00:02:47,170 --> 00:02:52,950 average clamp strength. So a lot of the weight is being born by the clamping 39 00:02:52,950 --> 00:02:57,920 against her head, as opposed to by the headband which is probably a good thing because you can actually 40 00:02:57,920 --> 00:03:01,700 see particularly in the middle here, there's not a lot of padding there. 41 00:03:01,700 --> 00:03:06,530 They're going from more like a, a four point contact system with the two ear cups, 42 00:03:06,530 --> 00:03:10,040 and then these just kind of straight portions 43 00:03:10,040 --> 00:03:13,430 of the headband here. The fact that they're so light definitely contributes 44 00:03:13,430 --> 00:03:18,530 to above average on your comfort though. This video is brought to you by Private Internet Access. 45 00:03:18,530 --> 00:03:22,050 PIA is a VPN, which means it allows you to access services 46 00:03:22,050 --> 00:03:27,510 and websites as though you were in a different country. 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You're three and a half millimeter jack, and your USB type C. 56 00:04:07,360 --> 00:04:10,670 So just, auto one press to turn on, that's unusual. 57 00:04:10,670 --> 00:04:13,683 I'm gonna hold the pair button and we're flashing. There we go. 58 00:04:13,683 --> 00:04:19,630 Hey, headset assign, look at that. Just like that. Dolby Access, Dolby Atmos for headphones is ready to use. 59 00:04:19,630 --> 00:04:24,090 Ah, that's something to keep in mind. So if you want to use these on your phone, and you want the full functionality, there is 60 00:04:24,090 --> 00:04:27,200 actually an app that you are going to need to download. 61 00:04:27,200 --> 00:04:31,200 That is a paid app, it's the Beale Play Portal app, 62 00:04:31,200 --> 00:04:35,980 and you can use it to fine tune the audio. So I guess I just have to buy that now? 63 00:04:35,980 --> 00:04:39,520 Sorry, the active noise cancellation on these is actually pretty darn in these. 64 00:04:39,520 --> 00:04:42,700 That's one thing that I didn't talk about on the outside here. 65 00:04:42,700 --> 00:04:45,113 So you've got one, two, 66 00:04:46,250 --> 00:04:49,470 three, four microphone ports that are 67 00:04:49,470 --> 00:04:53,870 on the outside of the headphones. That is how Bang and Olufsen is achieving two things. 68 00:04:53,870 --> 00:04:57,020 One, active noise cancellation, so you don't have to listen to, 69 00:04:57,020 --> 00:05:02,120 you know your mom calling you for dinner, or whatever. And number two, is what they're calling their 70 00:05:02,120 --> 00:05:05,920 Virtual Boom Night. So you can see there's no actual boom ARM, 71 00:05:05,920 --> 00:05:09,780 but by tuning these microphones so that their pickup patterns are kind of aimed 72 00:05:09,780 --> 00:05:14,780 in front of your mouth. The theory is that they can sound really great even though they're not actually right next to you. 73 00:05:14,780 --> 00:05:18,700 Hey, did you want to get going now? Okay, cool. 74 00:05:18,700 --> 00:05:24,820 Just have a quick question for you though. How's the the sound quality of what I'm saying right now? 75 00:05:24,820 --> 00:05:28,343 Like, would you describe it as average, above average, below average? 76 00:05:29,640 --> 00:05:32,903 Above average. (indistinct) Okay. 77 00:05:32,903 --> 00:05:36,320 What if I said it costs $500 for it to sound this good? 78 00:05:36,320 --> 00:05:40,520 Okay. She says it's unnecessary. So she doesn't feel like she deserves 79 00:05:40,520 --> 00:05:43,810 this kind of rich vocal quality, 80 00:05:43,810 --> 00:05:48,330 but you know what hon, you do, you deserve this and more. 81 00:05:48,330 --> 00:05:51,670 We got some fancy touch controls here. So you double tap on the right, 82 00:05:51,670 --> 00:05:55,460 or left side to play and pause, but that's Bluetooth only. 83 00:05:55,460 --> 00:05:58,560 You swipe the right side for volume. 84 00:05:58,560 --> 00:06:02,120 There's a touch bar here apparently. Hello? 85 00:06:02,120 --> 00:06:06,250 It's not a rocker. I said this was a rocker switches, totally not. 86 00:06:06,250 --> 00:06:10,550 How would you not mash that every time you take these off? I mean, I guess you'd get in the habit of just 87 00:06:10,550 --> 00:06:15,750 grabbing the cups. Okay, swipe the touch bar for volume, swipe to the left 88 00:06:15,750 --> 00:06:20,110 to switch between active noise cancellation, and transparency for Bluetooth only. 89 00:06:20,110 --> 00:06:26,660 And swipe the left to adjust between game, and chat balance for X-Box only. Double tap left to right. 90 00:06:26,660 --> 00:06:31,170 Double tap right or left, to mute or unmute. Oh my God, why is everything a double tap? 91 00:06:31,170 --> 00:06:35,089 You'll see a red status LED when you're muted, where? 92 00:06:35,089 --> 00:06:39,020 - [Jono] How do you see it? - Okay, well someone will see it. 93 00:06:39,020 --> 00:06:43,330 The ANC is very strong. There's a little bit of buzz. 94 00:06:43,330 --> 00:06:49,280 Little bit of pressure. It's not the worst that I felt in terms of like on ear pressure from active noise cancellation, 95 00:06:49,280 --> 00:06:56,253 but there is more buzz than I would like. I would probably leave it in kind of the medium-ish setting. 96 00:06:59,030 --> 00:07:03,360 I mean, yeah, they sound a lot better than the first-party X-Box one. 97 00:07:03,360 --> 00:07:09,290 And even with the active noise cancellation, like barely on, it's like halfway, I think. 98 00:07:09,290 --> 00:07:14,040 I cannot hear anything you guys are saying right now. And I don't even have it cranked up that high. 99 00:07:14,040 --> 00:07:17,100 Okay, let's try this touch sensitive volume control. 100 00:07:17,100 --> 00:07:21,760 Okay, fine control actually, a lot easier than I thought 101 00:07:21,760 --> 00:07:25,100 it would be with that. And then I think I just switched it to chat balance 102 00:07:25,100 --> 00:07:31,130 cause the game is a little bit quieter. Yeah. There we go. So let's go all game. Oh, it's telling me it's maxed out. 103 00:07:31,130 --> 00:07:35,030 Oh, that's very unpleasant. It has kind of like a pop-pop-pop-pop-pop 104 00:07:35,030 --> 00:07:38,260 sound that it makes, but it also cuts out your audio. 105 00:07:38,260 --> 00:07:42,430 So it can make a sound, but don't cut out the end game audio 106 00:07:42,430 --> 00:07:46,380 when I like, max out the dial. Oh yeah, we have Dolby Access already. 107 00:07:46,380 --> 00:07:51,380 I am not that impressed with Dolby for headphones, then. 108 00:07:52,210 --> 00:07:56,840 This definitely redeems the Bang and Olufsen app though because it's not them charging you extra, 109 00:07:56,840 --> 00:08:00,570 it's that Dolby Access costs extra. That is an X-Box thing. 110 00:08:00,570 --> 00:08:05,080 And I do wish that Microsoft would just find it in their hearts to include that, 111 00:08:05,080 --> 00:08:08,330 but yeah, that's not on Bang and Olufsen. 112 00:08:08,330 --> 00:08:11,833 I got to face this, so that the directional sound is right. 113 00:08:14,780 --> 00:08:18,530 Okay, with me oriented correctly, it does sound a lot better 114 00:08:18,530 --> 00:08:22,100 but this is a game that has just really 115 00:08:22,100 --> 00:08:26,770 good surround sound support. Like it is so much more immersive with good surround sound, 116 00:08:26,770 --> 00:08:31,260 and even compared to like an affordable 5.1 soundbar setup 117 00:08:31,260 --> 00:08:36,210 like the one that we've got in the living room set behind me. It's just, it's not there. 118 00:08:36,210 --> 00:08:39,790 And that costs a fraction of what this does. If you have the space for it. 119 00:08:39,790 --> 00:08:43,710 I find the clamping force a little tighter than is my preference already. 120 00:08:43,710 --> 00:08:48,730 And I do prefer a larger ear cup personally like a more oval shaped ear cup, 121 00:08:48,730 --> 00:08:52,010 but I can understand if for style reasons 122 00:08:52,010 --> 00:08:56,520 they might've gone with, you know a more round minimalistic design here. 123 00:08:56,520 --> 00:09:00,590 In a world where very, very excellent headphones exist. 124 00:09:00,590 --> 00:09:06,110 Like the Massdrop Pandas. It's so hard to recommend something like this. 125 00:09:06,110 --> 00:09:12,140 But the flip side of it is, the Massdrop Pandas do not have integrated support 126 00:09:12,140 --> 00:09:17,140 for things like Xbox's, chat, end game volume, mixing, 127 00:09:17,230 --> 00:09:20,680 and they do not have an X-Box pairing button 128 00:09:20,680 --> 00:09:27,203 so that they can work wirelessly with the X-Box. So in a world where only the $100 option, 129 00:09:28,160 --> 00:09:32,890 and the $500 option exists, this is clearly better than this, 130 00:09:32,890 --> 00:09:36,610 But I don't know if I would describe it as five times better. 131 00:09:36,610 --> 00:09:40,560 Thanks for checking out ShortCircuit. Hope you guys enjoyed this video. Make sure you subscribe. 132 00:09:40,560 --> 00:09:43,153 So you don't miss any, of your future ones.